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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – APRIL 28: (L-R) Nancy Wilson and Ann Wilson of Heart perform during day 4 … More of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2024 at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 28, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Douglas Mason/WireImage) WireImage Fifty years ago, the world was introduced to the music of Heart, led by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, via their debut album Dreamboat Annie. That record, featuring such now-classic tracks as “Magic Man,” “Crazy on You” and the title song, launched a legendary decades-long career built on heavy rock and powered by Ann’s commanding voice and Nancy’s aggressive guitar playing. Fast forward to the present amid more hit songs, albums and touring, Heart is marking that golden anniversary with the Royal Flush tour. It started last year but was later postponed after Ann Wilson announced she was diagnosed with cancer and underwent surgery. Thankfully, she has since recovered, and the tour resumed earlier this year. The band returned to New York City for an engagement this past Wednesday at Radio City Music Hall, the last date of the tour’s recent leg (Heart was originally scheduled to play Madison Square Garden last year before the cancellation). Playing in front of a sold-out crowd, the Wilsons — along with guitarists Ryan Wariner, Ryan Waters and Paul Moak, bassist Tony Lucido and drummer Sean T. Lane — rocked the house with the classics and then some. Kicking off with “Bebe Le Strange,” the title track from their 1980 album, the setlist verged between Heart’s 1970s beloved hard rock staples (the aforementioned “Magic Man” and “Crazy on You”) and mid- to late-1980s mainstream comeback hits (“Never” and “These Dreams”). Some of their other well-known songs were reworked for the tour. For instance, the funky groove-driven “Straight…

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